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Editorial
Jackson Fails To Explain Himself
President Jackson has finally
made available to the SGA a
breakdown o f where the money
collected from St. Mary’s students
as a “ general college fee” has
gone.
In case you don’t remember,
this “ general college fee” is a
$165 charge which was tacked on
to the bill which every full-time
student paid upon enrolling this
fall. This fee, in former years, was
known as the “ instructional
materials fee” and was only $25.
It was raised by $140 this fall, for
the stated purpose o f granting
“ salary increases to faculty
members and other employees.”
T h i s stated pu rp o se was
mentioned as the sole reason for
raising the fee on a memo dated
July 9, 1974 and mailed to each
student along with his or her bill.
There was a semblance o f
controversy over this fee raise
th r ou gh ou t the entire fall
semester, as no word was heard as
to where the money went. The
“ faculty members and other
employees” never got it, and
students and faculty faculty alike
questioned whether it was used
properly. At the open Board o f
Trustees meeting on Oct. 7,
President Jackson, after being
asked by Faculty Senate President
Herb Winnik, promised that “ a
report on this is in preparation.”
Well that report has been
released and it is a far from
satisfactory breakdown o f the
allocation o f this fee.
The report is so full o f holes
that one can only surmise that
either President Jackson is stupid,
can’t do simple arithmetic, or
can’t remember, or he thinks the
college community is stupid, can’t
do simple arithmetic, or can’t
remember.
First o f all, by the term
“ student fee,” do they mean the
“ general college fee?’? If they do,
then this figure is wrong, since the
“ general college fee” is $165.
$140 is the amount that it was
raised by. The whole report,
h ow e v e r , is based on the
assumption that they are dealing
with $140 per student, rather
than $165 per student. What
happened to the other $25?
July 9 . 1974
M8JICT: U c tM N 4 Fm i , Aatuaa TMn, 1974
VDt i l l I t t lM t i m i F u ta t i
VBMi Mr. 1. I . Locoes, f l i c i l Officer,
I t . Nk t ' i Co l i s t * of t e y l n t
X* «rdar ta graat salary lacraaaaa to faculty i r t i r a aad attar ray 1 train,
tha Board of Tniataaa baa approved aa lacraaaa of tho faoa chargad ta Mr
fmll-tlaa atudanta.
Bffactlva Autuam Tam, 1974, tha mm gaaaral colloga foa (fo n a r ly la*
•fractional aatarlala) will ba lacraaaod f n a $29 to $ lf5 . A ll athar
ojwrgaa raaala unchanged.
Although «a raalisa tbla laforaatlaa doaa aot rapraacat good aaaa, l t
la tha oaly vay oar faculty aad apaclal fuod aaployaao ooold ba grwtad
•OM ra lla f froa tha cvrraat iaflatloaary praaauraa.
This is the memo, enclosed with every students bill, explaining the fee
raise. Notice that the only stated purpose of the fee hike was "to
grant salary increases.
allocation o f the money, can be
held to be incorrect, since the
aforementioned base figures are
incorrect.
Even if the base figures were
correct, the analysis itself can be
found to have holes o f its own.
The estimated income from part
time students is listed as $6000. If
one divides the number o f part
time students (185 as compiled by
the Records Office) into this
figure o f $6000, one gets the
amount o f a little over $32. Is this
the amount collected from each
part time student? If so, why sin’t
it said so in the report?
There is also an allowance for
‘ ‘ e s t i m a t e d l o s s f r om
uncollectable accounts.” Why is
this an estimated loss? Shouldn’t
they know, with only 5 weeks left
in the semester, how many
accounts are uncollectabe?
There is also a section on
“ estima ted expenses.” They are
called “ estimated expenses,” even
though it is stated that the raises
for faculty members and other
employees have been “ already
added to their salaries. There
seems to be an inherent
contradiction between these two
terms.
Furthermore, the whole tone
o f the memorandum, with all its
emphasis on “ e s t im a te d ,”
“ projected,” and so on, doesn’t
seem to fit the tone o f the subject
it deals with. Bookkeeping,
especially when dealing with state
TO:
MJOR/VJIXM
The Cabinet
Tho Faculty Senate
t-Uie Student Government Association
November 18, 1374
Point 1 o f the report commits
error number 2. It says that “ one
stated purpose (o f the fee) was to
acquire funds for a long range
study on student development
within the college.” The report
says that $10 per student has been
allocated for that purpose.
The problem here is. that this
purpose was never stated. No
mention o f this purpose was made
in the memo attached to each
student’s bill, which supposedly
explained exactly where all the
money from the fee raise was to
go. If Jackson explained this
purpose to anyone, it sure wasn’t
to the students from whom the
money was collected.
Point 2 in the report contains
error number 3. The report uses
900 as the number o f full time
students from which the fee was
collected. Furthermore, this is
la b e led as an “ e s t im a ted
projection.”
First o f all, why should student
enrollment, at this late date, be an
“ estimated projection.” As early
as Oct. 7, more than a month ago,
Dr. Boyer o f the Records Office
made public exact figures as to
the enrollment here. Boyer said,
at the open Board o f Trustees
meeting, that there were 926 full
time students and 185 part time
students (sp e c ia l students)
enrolled for the fall semester.
(Empath, Oct. 14).
The rest o f President Jackson’s
report, then, the analysis o f the
Prom: Reiwick Jackson Wv . ' u'.-\
S iiject: Tho Allocation of the Student Fee of $140
1. In establishing this student fee of $140, one stated purpose wa3 to
acquire finds for a long-range study on student development within
the Collerp. Ton dollars per student have been allocated to the
Director of Research for this project.
2. Based on an estimated projection o f 900 full-time students for 1574-75
(a ll indicators point to p higher figure) the College w ill collect
$117,000.
3. The Vice President for Administration has provided the following analysis;
A. Estimated Income
(1) Amount collected, 900 x 130 (Projected) $117,000
(2) Estimated income from part-time credit hours 6,000
Sub-total $123,000
(3) Loss estimated loss from uncollectable
accoints 2,080
Total Estimated Income $120,920 ‘
B. Estimated Expenses
(1) 71 Cost-of-living increments already added
to faculty salaries (annroxinato figure) $ 72,000
(2) 6. SI Cost-of-living incrcrcnts already added
to "special fund eroloyee" salaries (these
induJo personnel in student services, suianer
and extension programs and auxiliary
services) $ 25,000
Sub-total $ 9 f? m
(3) Approximate balance of in allocated funds $ 23,920
4. The assignment of the approximate balance o f unallocated finds w ill
await the appointment and recommendations of the Provost.
I f you have questions concerning this data, please present them in written
form to tho Offico of tho President.
The text of Jackson's memorandum
funds, should be an exact science.
This report is far from exact.
Also, students and faculty alike,
and maybe even quite a few
parents, were waiting for an exact
a c c o u n t , n o t a bunch o f
“ estimated projections.”
As a last point, the report
states that “ approximately”
$23,920 is left over as allocated
funds. It is further stated that the
assignment o f this money will
“ await the appointment and
recommendations o f the Provost.
Even though this figure is
probably a low one, because o f
the confused nature o f the report,
it is still a lot o f money. If we
have to wait for the Provost, who
has not even been appointed yet,
to decide what to do with this
money, we may have to wait a
long time. By the time it is used,
many students who paid this fee
may no longer be here.
S o s e r io u s ly , President
Jackson, you can do better than
this. Anyone with a pencil and a
brain can tear this report apart. A
fu r th e r , airtight explanation
s h o u l d b e im m e d i a t l e y
forthcoming, or we assume that
you have your hand in the till.
SGA Fights Ignorance, Apathy etc...
The SGA continues to fight
t h a t b a t t l e a g a i n s t
misinformation, misrepresenta­t
io n , ignorance, apathy and
in s a n i t y by w o rk in g fo r
en ligh tenm en t , co ope ration,
advancement, progressive clarity
through student input to protect
s tu d en t interests. High-brow
phrases perhaps but its working.
Pi the meeting on November
19, Kim Lathrop, swim team-coach,
asked the SGA to match
funds with the swim team in an
effort to raise enough money to
buy enough fuel oil to keep the
swimming pool open over the
winter break. Many o f the swim
team’s meets are scheduled to
take place during January and if
the pool is not maintained for use
during that period, these meets
would have to be cancelled.
Lathrop made a plea for the
SGA’s support. He said that
Athletic Director Harry Woods
has indicated that he can provide
some o f the money needed. In
addition the 14 member swim
team is planning to raise money
by sponsoring a beer-splash
perhaps or some other social
function and the SGA has agreed
to allocate a sum equal to the
amount the swim team can raise.
He said according to a report
from maintenance through Dean
M c J u n k i n ’ s o f f i c e , that
approximately $430 is all that is
needed to keep the heat up and
the pool open. The figure is
considerably lower than the $966
expenditure estimated by Dean
Reynolds, who controls fuel
a l lo ca t io n s for the college.
Lathrop claims that Reynolds’
estimate is inaccurate.
Refering to the difficulties in
getting fuel allocations for the
pool, Lathrop added “ this has
been hashed out tooth and nail
once and maybe you as an
organized body can put some
pressure on Dean Reynolds” to
Chovanes Petitions Complete
Three petitions of support for
Professor Andrew Chovanes have
been finalized, and one has
already been turned into Judge
Mattingly o f the St. Mary’s
County Circuit Court.
The in d ep en d en t student
petition was handed to Mattingly
on Nov. 14, by two female St.
Mary’s students. According to Al
Karevy, a spokesman for this
petition, the girls were “ very well
received.’
‘ ‘Mattingly treated them very
nicely,” said Karevy. “ He thanked
them for their interest and said he
would give their petition a lot o f
thought.”
The other two petitions, the
SGA petition, and the faculty
petition, are now in the hands o f
Neal M y e rb e rg , C h o v an e s ’
attorney.
According to one source,
Mattingly is now on vacation and
Myerberg is waiting for his return
to his office to present him with
the petitions.
The SGA petition is composed
o f signatures from both the
college community and the local
c om m u n ity . It bears 905
signatures, 305 which are from
outside the college. The faculty
petition bears the siguatures of
about 2/3 o f the college’s faculty.
change the fuel priority status o f
the pool facilities. “ From the
swim team standpoint its a matter
of urgency” he said, “ we have to
have a solid comitment for funds”
to avoid having to cancel.
A series o f meetings student
representatives from the SGA are
arranging with administrative and
faculty committees and officials
are designed for informing and
e n l i g h t e n i n g s t u d e n t
representatives and so the student
body on student interest affairs
that we may understand fully the
nature o f certain problems facing
the college community. At a
meeting with President Jackson,
several senators learned, if nothing
else, the president’s extensive
oratory skills as they listened to
his response to several questions
concerning, amo'ng other issues,
Fred Honkala’s resignation.
Jackson was reported to have
explained that Dean o f Faculty
Fred S. Honkala resigned because
he was refused the candidacy for
the position o f Provost. He also
said that the Board o f Trustees
has made it quite clear that no
one from within the college
system will be considered, it was
learned. Prospective candidates
are now being screened and
interviewed by the faculty.
Another item discussed was the
lack o f student input on the
P r o m o t i o n and T e n u r e
committees. Due to an action o f
the Board o f Trustees, there is no
student representation on the
divisional P and T committees. It
is featured that this action gives
the administration excessive
influence over the processes o f
provotion and tenure decisions.
One senator pointed out ‘Sve have
to open avenues” to have a voice
in college offairs as influential to
our education as the retaining,
hiring, and promotion o f our
faculty.
The last item on the agenda
was a report on the petition. The
SGA sponsored petition to the
Circuit Court o f Md. and Judge
Mattingly expressing a feeling o f
d isp lea sure at the severe
sentencing o f Professor Andrew
Chovanes was initially met with
approval by his Honor, according
to Neal Myerberg, attorney for
Professor Chovanes. The petition
bore 905 signatures from the
college and the community.

Editorial
Jackson Fails To Explain Himself
President Jackson has finally
made available to the SGA a
breakdown o f where the money
collected from St. Mary’s students
as a “ general college fee” has
gone.
In case you don’t remember,
this “ general college fee” is a
$165 charge which was tacked on
to the bill which every full-time
student paid upon enrolling this
fall. This fee, in former years, was
known as the “ instructional
materials fee” and was only $25.
It was raised by $140 this fall, for
the stated purpose o f granting
“ salary increases to faculty
members and other employees.”
T h i s stated pu rp o se was
mentioned as the sole reason for
raising the fee on a memo dated
July 9, 1974 and mailed to each
student along with his or her bill.
There was a semblance o f
controversy over this fee raise
th r ou gh ou t the entire fall
semester, as no word was heard as
to where the money went. The
“ faculty members and other
employees” never got it, and
students and faculty faculty alike
questioned whether it was used
properly. At the open Board o f
Trustees meeting on Oct. 7,
President Jackson, after being
asked by Faculty Senate President
Herb Winnik, promised that “ a
report on this is in preparation.”
Well that report has been
released and it is a far from
satisfactory breakdown o f the
allocation o f this fee.
The report is so full o f holes
that one can only surmise that
either President Jackson is stupid,
can’t do simple arithmetic, or
can’t remember, or he thinks the
college community is stupid, can’t
do simple arithmetic, or can’t
remember.
First o f all, by the term
“ student fee,” do they mean the
“ general college fee?’? If they do,
then this figure is wrong, since the
“ general college fee” is $165.
$140 is the amount that it was
raised by. The whole report,
h ow e v e r , is based on the
assumption that they are dealing
with $140 per student, rather
than $165 per student. What
happened to the other $25?
July 9 . 1974
M8JICT: U c tM N 4 Fm i , Aatuaa TMn, 1974
VDt i l l I t t lM t i m i F u ta t i
VBMi Mr. 1. I . Locoes, f l i c i l Officer,
I t . Nk t ' i Co l i s t * of t e y l n t
X* «rdar ta graat salary lacraaaaa to faculty i r t i r a aad attar ray 1 train,
tha Board of Tniataaa baa approved aa lacraaaa of tho faoa chargad ta Mr
fmll-tlaa atudanta.
Bffactlva Autuam Tam, 1974, tha mm gaaaral colloga foa (fo n a r ly la*
•fractional aatarlala) will ba lacraaaod f n a $29 to $ lf5 . A ll athar
ojwrgaa raaala unchanged.
Although «a raalisa tbla laforaatlaa doaa aot rapraacat good aaaa, l t
la tha oaly vay oar faculty aad apaclal fuod aaployaao ooold ba grwtad
•OM ra lla f froa tha cvrraat iaflatloaary praaauraa.
This is the memo, enclosed with every students bill, explaining the fee
raise. Notice that the only stated purpose of the fee hike was "to
grant salary increases.
allocation o f the money, can be
held to be incorrect, since the
aforementioned base figures are
incorrect.
Even if the base figures were
correct, the analysis itself can be
found to have holes o f its own.
The estimated income from part
time students is listed as $6000. If
one divides the number o f part
time students (185 as compiled by
the Records Office) into this
figure o f $6000, one gets the
amount o f a little over $32. Is this
the amount collected from each
part time student? If so, why sin’t
it said so in the report?
There is also an allowance for
‘ ‘ e s t i m a t e d l o s s f r om
uncollectable accounts.” Why is
this an estimated loss? Shouldn’t
they know, with only 5 weeks left
in the semester, how many
accounts are uncollectabe?
There is also a section on
“ estima ted expenses.” They are
called “ estimated expenses,” even
though it is stated that the raises
for faculty members and other
employees have been “ already
added to their salaries. There
seems to be an inherent
contradiction between these two
terms.
Furthermore, the whole tone
o f the memorandum, with all its
emphasis on “ e s t im a te d ,”
“ projected,” and so on, doesn’t
seem to fit the tone o f the subject
it deals with. Bookkeeping,
especially when dealing with state
TO:
MJOR/VJIXM
The Cabinet
Tho Faculty Senate
t-Uie Student Government Association
November 18, 1374
Point 1 o f the report commits
error number 2. It says that “ one
stated purpose (o f the fee) was to
acquire funds for a long range
study on student development
within the college.” The report
says that $10 per student has been
allocated for that purpose.
The problem here is. that this
purpose was never stated. No
mention o f this purpose was made
in the memo attached to each
student’s bill, which supposedly
explained exactly where all the
money from the fee raise was to
go. If Jackson explained this
purpose to anyone, it sure wasn’t
to the students from whom the
money was collected.
Point 2 in the report contains
error number 3. The report uses
900 as the number o f full time
students from which the fee was
collected. Furthermore, this is
la b e led as an “ e s t im a ted
projection.”
First o f all, why should student
enrollment, at this late date, be an
“ estimated projection.” As early
as Oct. 7, more than a month ago,
Dr. Boyer o f the Records Office
made public exact figures as to
the enrollment here. Boyer said,
at the open Board o f Trustees
meeting, that there were 926 full
time students and 185 part time
students (sp e c ia l students)
enrolled for the fall semester.
(Empath, Oct. 14).
The rest o f President Jackson’s
report, then, the analysis o f the
Prom: Reiwick Jackson Wv . ' u'.-\
S iiject: Tho Allocation of the Student Fee of $140
1. In establishing this student fee of $140, one stated purpose wa3 to
acquire finds for a long-range study on student development within
the Collerp. Ton dollars per student have been allocated to the
Director of Research for this project.
2. Based on an estimated projection o f 900 full-time students for 1574-75
(a ll indicators point to p higher figure) the College w ill collect
$117,000.
3. The Vice President for Administration has provided the following analysis;
A. Estimated Income
(1) Amount collected, 900 x 130 (Projected) $117,000
(2) Estimated income from part-time credit hours 6,000
Sub-total $123,000
(3) Loss estimated loss from uncollectable
accoints 2,080
Total Estimated Income $120,920 ‘
B. Estimated Expenses
(1) 71 Cost-of-living increments already added
to faculty salaries (annroxinato figure) $ 72,000
(2) 6. SI Cost-of-living incrcrcnts already added
to "special fund eroloyee" salaries (these
induJo personnel in student services, suianer
and extension programs and auxiliary
services) $ 25,000
Sub-total $ 9 f? m
(3) Approximate balance of in allocated funds $ 23,920
4. The assignment of the approximate balance o f unallocated finds w ill
await the appointment and recommendations of the Provost.
I f you have questions concerning this data, please present them in written
form to tho Offico of tho President.
The text of Jackson's memorandum
funds, should be an exact science.
This report is far from exact.
Also, students and faculty alike,
and maybe even quite a few
parents, were waiting for an exact
a c c o u n t , n o t a bunch o f
“ estimated projections.”
As a last point, the report
states that “ approximately”
$23,920 is left over as allocated
funds. It is further stated that the
assignment o f this money will
“ await the appointment and
recommendations o f the Provost.
Even though this figure is
probably a low one, because o f
the confused nature o f the report,
it is still a lot o f money. If we
have to wait for the Provost, who
has not even been appointed yet,
to decide what to do with this
money, we may have to wait a
long time. By the time it is used,
many students who paid this fee
may no longer be here.
S o s e r io u s ly , President
Jackson, you can do better than
this. Anyone with a pencil and a
brain can tear this report apart. A
fu r th e r , airtight explanation
s h o u l d b e im m e d i a t l e y
forthcoming, or we assume that
you have your hand in the till.
SGA Fights Ignorance, Apathy etc...
The SGA continues to fight
t h a t b a t t l e a g a i n s t
misinformation, misrepresenta­t
io n , ignorance, apathy and
in s a n i t y by w o rk in g fo r
en ligh tenm en t , co ope ration,
advancement, progressive clarity
through student input to protect
s tu d en t interests. High-brow
phrases perhaps but its working.
Pi the meeting on November
19, Kim Lathrop, swim team-coach,
asked the SGA to match
funds with the swim team in an
effort to raise enough money to
buy enough fuel oil to keep the
swimming pool open over the
winter break. Many o f the swim
team’s meets are scheduled to
take place during January and if
the pool is not maintained for use
during that period, these meets
would have to be cancelled.
Lathrop made a plea for the
SGA’s support. He said that
Athletic Director Harry Woods
has indicated that he can provide
some o f the money needed. In
addition the 14 member swim
team is planning to raise money
by sponsoring a beer-splash
perhaps or some other social
function and the SGA has agreed
to allocate a sum equal to the
amount the swim team can raise.
He said according to a report
from maintenance through Dean
M c J u n k i n ’ s o f f i c e , that
approximately $430 is all that is
needed to keep the heat up and
the pool open. The figure is
considerably lower than the $966
expenditure estimated by Dean
Reynolds, who controls fuel
a l lo ca t io n s for the college.
Lathrop claims that Reynolds’
estimate is inaccurate.
Refering to the difficulties in
getting fuel allocations for the
pool, Lathrop added “ this has
been hashed out tooth and nail
once and maybe you as an
organized body can put some
pressure on Dean Reynolds” to
Chovanes Petitions Complete
Three petitions of support for
Professor Andrew Chovanes have
been finalized, and one has
already been turned into Judge
Mattingly o f the St. Mary’s
County Circuit Court.
The in d ep en d en t student
petition was handed to Mattingly
on Nov. 14, by two female St.
Mary’s students. According to Al
Karevy, a spokesman for this
petition, the girls were “ very well
received.’
‘ ‘Mattingly treated them very
nicely,” said Karevy. “ He thanked
them for their interest and said he
would give their petition a lot o f
thought.”
The other two petitions, the
SGA petition, and the faculty
petition, are now in the hands o f
Neal M y e rb e rg , C h o v an e s ’
attorney.
According to one source,
Mattingly is now on vacation and
Myerberg is waiting for his return
to his office to present him with
the petitions.
The SGA petition is composed
o f signatures from both the
college community and the local
c om m u n ity . It bears 905
signatures, 305 which are from
outside the college. The faculty
petition bears the siguatures of
about 2/3 o f the college’s faculty.
change the fuel priority status o f
the pool facilities. “ From the
swim team standpoint its a matter
of urgency” he said, “ we have to
have a solid comitment for funds”
to avoid having to cancel.
A series o f meetings student
representatives from the SGA are
arranging with administrative and
faculty committees and officials
are designed for informing and
e n l i g h t e n i n g s t u d e n t
representatives and so the student
body on student interest affairs
that we may understand fully the
nature o f certain problems facing
the college community. At a
meeting with President Jackson,
several senators learned, if nothing
else, the president’s extensive
oratory skills as they listened to
his response to several questions
concerning, amo'ng other issues,
Fred Honkala’s resignation.
Jackson was reported to have
explained that Dean o f Faculty
Fred S. Honkala resigned because
he was refused the candidacy for
the position o f Provost. He also
said that the Board o f Trustees
has made it quite clear that no
one from within the college
system will be considered, it was
learned. Prospective candidates
are now being screened and
interviewed by the faculty.
Another item discussed was the
lack o f student input on the
P r o m o t i o n and T e n u r e
committees. Due to an action o f
the Board o f Trustees, there is no
student representation on the
divisional P and T committees. It
is featured that this action gives
the administration excessive
influence over the processes o f
provotion and tenure decisions.
One senator pointed out ‘Sve have
to open avenues” to have a voice
in college offairs as influential to
our education as the retaining,
hiring, and promotion o f our
faculty.
The last item on the agenda
was a report on the petition. The
SGA sponsored petition to the
Circuit Court o f Md. and Judge
Mattingly expressing a feeling o f
d isp lea sure at the severe
sentencing o f Professor Andrew
Chovanes was initially met with
approval by his Honor, according
to Neal Myerberg, attorney for
Professor Chovanes. The petition
bore 905 signatures from the
college and the community.